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ATTORNEY United States Patent PAINTING KIT Ralph Emery Grossman, Decatur, Ill. Application February 12, 1954, Serial No. 410,020 1 Claim. (Cl. 414) This invention relates to a painting kit. 7

The present invention more particularly relates to a painting kit which not only includes a paint receiving panel or canvas and different color paints for application thereto as disclosed in my co-pending application, Serial No. 406,865, filed January 28, 1954, but is an improvement thereover in that it additionally includes illustration and direction sheets together with convenient supporting and covering means for the panel or canvas, paints and illustration and direction sheets.

A primary object of the invention is to provide a box having a removable cover, a holder for a plurality of paint capsules removably supported within the box and which has such dimensions relative to the box as to provide a receptacle for a canvas and illustration and direction sheets in a single rolled form.

A further object of the invention is to provide a paint capsule holder which is formed from a single sheet of cardboard.

A still further object of the invention is to provide such holder with two parallel spaced rows of apertures for removably receiving paint containing capsules together with an elongated paint applying brush conveniently supported on said holder intermediate the rows of capsules removably supported in said apertures.

A still further object of the invention is to provide the canvas with outlined color areas having markings thereon corresponding to similar markings on the paint capsules.

A still further and more general object of the invention is to provide a painting kit which is attractive in appearance and which embodies such material, illustrations and instructions as to enable a non-skilled person to readily paint a picture in complete harmony with an original painting.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent in the course of the following detailed description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, wherein Fig. l is a plan view of a canvas having an object thereon to be painted which is represented by outlined color areas.

Fig. 2 is an elevational view of a brush embodied in the kit and which is adapted for application of the various color paints to the outlined color areas.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a preferred form of holder for paint capsules.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a box containing the kit and wherein the paint capsule holder is shown from its front side with the numbers on the capsules visible. This view also shows the canvas in rolled form and the brush supported on the holder intermediate the two spaced parallel rows of paint capsules.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a cover for the box shown in Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the cover from the inside thereof and showing in particular the directions which are printed thereon.

Fig. 7 is a plan view of a stamped sheet of cardboard in preparation for the formation of a paint capsule holder, as illustrated in Fig. 3.

Fig. 8 is an elevational view of one end of the partially formed capsule holder with certain co-operating flaps in extended position from the interior of the holder.

Fig. 9 is a fragmental view similar to Fig. 8 but with parts in section and one of the flaps folded to facilitate assembly thereof.

Fig. 10' is an end elevational view of the holder with the endmost supporting flap in operative position but prior to locking thereof.

Fig. 11 is a view similar to Fig. 10 but wherein the endmost supporting flap is in locked position.

Fig. 12 is a plan view of an illustrated sheet embodied in the kit and which in packaged form of the kit is rolled up within the canvas.

Fig. 13 is a plan view of a brush use directional sheet which is also rolled up within the canvas in the packaged form of the kit.

Referring now in detail to the drawings, 10 designates a box which is of elongated rectangular form and which is preferably constructed from cardboard.

The box is provided with a cover 11 which, as indicated in Fig. 5, is of substantially the same depth as the box in order to provide relatively high side and end walls 12 and 13 whereby such walls together with the top Wall 14 admit of various illustrations for enhancing the appearance of the packaged kit as well as offering instructive subject matter for the painter.

A paint capsule holder 15 is 'remov'ably disposed within the box 10 and is substantially of the same length thereof.

Theholder is also preferably constructed from cardboard and the different constructional steps thereof are illustrated in Figs. 7 to 11 inclusive.

The holder 15 is initially in the form of a st'ampe cardboard blank 16 which is of generally rectangular form, as indicated in Fig. 7. The blank 16 is provided with laterally spaced parallel fold lines 17, 1 8, 19 and 20. The blank when folded along the fold lines enumerated above makes a rectangular capsule holder having a relatively deep side wall 21, a top wall 22, a relatively shallow side wall 23, a bottom wall 24 and a relatively shallow side wall 25, which elements of the blank will be desig nated as the first, second, third, fourth and fifth sections of the blank.

The side wall 21 is provided with opposite end relatively large flaps 26 and the top and bottom walls 22 and 24 are provided with opposite end relatively small flaps 27 and 28 respectively.

The top wall 22 is provided with rows of weakened circular lines 29, the material within which is capable of being readily punched out in the provision of paintcapsule receiving apertures 30 (Fig; 3).

In the formation of the holder 15 from the blank 16, the blank is folded on the lines 17, 18, 19 and 20 in the provision of a tubular member and the side wall 25 is secured to the side wall 21 and the flaps 26, 27 and 28 project outwardly from the tube formed by the said walls in a common plane.

The flaps 27 are next lapped over the flaps 28 for the final disposition of the flaps 26.

At this point it is to be observed that flaps 27 and 28 have corresponding inclined ends 31 and 32 respectively which in the lapped position of the flaps provides an opening at each end of the holder adjacent side wall 23 and the flaps 26 are provided with extensions 33 which upon being folded on lines 34 provide wedge shaped members 35 (Fig. 10) which easily enter the said openings after which the folded over portions 36 of the extensions fall to the position indicated in Fig. 11 and through their engagement with flaps 28 lock the flaps 26 in position.

I It is to be observed that the side wall 21 and flaps 26 are of substantially greater depth than side Walls 23 and.

25 and that their lower edges are in a common plane for engaging the bottom wall of the box 10. The holder 15 is positioned in the box 10 with the wall 21 disposed intermediate the side walls of the box which provides in efiect a longitudinal partition in the box.

The apertures 30 are adapted to receive a plurality of paint capsules 37 with the ends of the covers thereof resting on the top wall 22 at the margins of the apertures.

The capsules 37 are provided with numbers or other appropriate indicia corresponding to that on the outlined color areas on the canvas about to be described.

The canvas 38 (Fig. 1) is provided with an outlined figure or object which in the present particular instance is a horses head 39. The outline is preferably provided by an eradicable ink which, as in applicants co-pending application, has a formula base common with that of the paints whereby the ink and paints are rendered miscible upon application of the paints with a resulting eradication of the ink outlines.

The various ink outlined color areas 40 on Fig. 1 are numbered as indicated in correspondence with the nun1- bers on the capsules 37 for the purpose set forth in my referred to co-pending application.

The canvas 38 is of rectangular form and one of whose dimensions is substantially equal to the length of the box 10 whereby the canvas may be rolled up and positioned within the box between one side wall thereof and the side wall 21 of the capsule holder 15.

The kit includes a paint applying brush 41 (Fig. 2)

I which is preferably of the form of the brush disclosed in co-pending application Serial No. 292,820, filed June 11, 1952. a

The top Wall 22 of the holder 15 together with the spaced rows of capsules 37 provides a support for the brush as is indicated in Fig. 4.

The box cover 11 (Fig. 6) is provided on its under side with painting instructions 42 which may be conveniently referred to upon resting the cover on one side wall thereof with the top wall in vertical position and since the cover is of relatively large dimensions the instructions are printed in relatively large type for rendering the reading thereof easy.

The improved kit further includes an illustration sheet 43 (Fig. 12) and a brush use direction sheet 44 (Fig. 13). The sheets 43 and 44 are of smaller dimensions than the canvas 38 and are capable of being rolled up therein.

It should be appreciated from the foregoing that the kit comprises all of the materials and instructions necessary for an amateur painter and that provision is made for campactness of storage of all of the elements entering into the kit in a box in such manner that any and all of such elements are readily accessible for use.

Having set forth my invention in accordance with a preferred structural embodiment thereof, what I claim and desire to secure by U. S. Letters Patent is:

A paint kit having an elongated paint capsule holder formed from a generally rectangular cardboard blank, said cardboard blank having on one edge thereof a first section longer than the other sections of the cardboard blank, said section forming a side wall and ends for the capsule holder, an adjacent second section having perforations therein forming the top of the capsule holder, a norrower third section between the perforated section which forms a side wall of the capsule holder, a fourth section of the same width as the perforated section, said.

section forming the bottom of the capsule holder and a marginal fifth section on the last named section for attachment to the first named section, all of said sections except the narrower section adjacent the perforated section and the marginal section having flaps on each end thereof, the blank being scored between the several sections and the end flaps on each section.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,021,998 Meyers Apr. 2, 1912 1,901,861 Baker Mar. 21, 1933 2,426,865 Fink Sept. 2, 1947 

